唐纳德·特朗普向加密货币行业示好，拥抱新兴行业的炒作和希望

尽管加密货币最近的历史令人不安，而且他自己过去也持保留态​​度，但特朗普完全接受了这个新兴行业的炒作和希望。

Once a bitcoin skeptic, Donald Trump has now fully embraced the cryptocurrency and its industry leaders, who have donated millions of dollars to his campaign and are providing him with a platform to speak directly to 20,000 of their most engaged followers at this year’s Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

曾经对比特币持怀疑态度的唐纳德·特朗普现在完全接受了加密货币及其行业领袖，他们为他的竞选活动捐赠了数百万美元，并为他提供了一个平台，让他可以在今年的比特币会议上直接与 20,000 名最活跃的追随者交谈。纳什维尔。

Trump, who once declared “we have only one real currency in the USA” and it is the dollar, has now pivoted to accepting bitcoin donations for his campaign, amassing about $4 million worth to date, according to a source with knowledge of his fundraising. He has attacked the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate the industry as a “war on crypto” without acknowledging the massive fraud schemes that have shattered public confidence in digital currencies. And he has vowed as president to make it easier for cryptocurrency mining companies to operate in the United States.

特朗普曾宣称“​​美国只有一种真正的货币”，那就是美元，据一位了解其筹款情况的消息人士透露，特朗普现在已转向接受比特币为其竞选活动提供捐款，迄今为止已筹集了价值约 400 万美元的捐款。 。他攻击拜登政府监管该行业的努力，称其为“加密货币战争”，但没有承认大规模欺诈计划已经粉碎了公众对数字货币的信心。作为总统，他发誓要让加密货币挖矿公司更容易在美国运营。

“Otherwise, the other countries are going to have it,” Trump said earlier this month in Wisconsin.

“否则，其他国家也会这么做，”特朗普本月早些时候在威斯康星州表示。

The industry, in turn, has embraced Trump. Its leaders and investors have donated millions of dollars to his campaign and aligned political committees. They are cheerleaders for his candidacy to their sizable online audiences and are now providing him a platform to speak directly to 20,000 of their most engaged followers expected at this year’s Bitcoin Conference.

反过来，整个行业也拥抱了特朗普。其领导人和投资者已向他的竞选活动和联合政治委员会捐赠了数百万美元。他们为他的候选资格向庞大的在线观众欢呼，现在为他提供了一个平台，让他可以直接与今年比特币会议上预计将有 20,000 名最活跃的追随者交谈。

“A lot of these people consider themselves single-issue voters,” said tech writer Jacob Silverman, author of the best-selling book “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud.” “If Trump or anyone else says they’re pro-bitcoin, that matters to them.”

“很多人认为自己是单一问题的选民，”畅销书《轻松赚钱：加密货币、赌场资本主义和欺诈的黄金时代》的作者、科技作家雅各布·西尔弗曼 (Jacob Silverman) 说。 “如果特朗普或其他人说他们支持比特币，那对他们来说很重要。”

Since Trump voiced his opposition to bitcoin in 2019, the volatile industry has only faced more turbulence, most notably the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Once the face of a company that counted comedian Larry David and superstar quarterback Tom Brady among its celebrity endorsers, Bankman-Fried was sentenced in March to 25 years in prison for running a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme through his companies.

自特朗普于 2019 年表示反对比特币以来，这个动荡的行业只会面临更多的动荡，最引人注目的是加密货币交易所 FTX 创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 的被捕、审判和监禁。班克曼-弗里德曾是一家公司的代言人，其名人代言人包括喜剧演员拉里·大卫 (Larry David) 和超级巨星四分卫汤姆·布雷迪 (Tom Brady)，但班克曼-弗里德因通过其公司实施数十亿美元的欺诈计划，于 3 月份被判处 25 年监禁。

Trump’s campaign would not say what sparked the former president’s 180-degree turn on bitcoin. Nor has Trump addressed one of the central criticisms of digital currencies: a lack of a practical, real-world use for it besides being a highly speculative investment. His appearance at the Nashville convention will be followed by a more traditional campaign event in St. Cloud, Minnesota, later in the day.

特朗普的竞选团队没有透露是什么引发了这位前总统对比特币的 180 度转变。特朗普也没有解决对数字货币的主要批评之一：除了作为一种高度投机的投资之外，它缺乏实际的、现实世界的用途。他出席纳什维尔大会后，将于当天晚些时候在明尼苏达州圣克劳德举行更传统的竞选活动。

Trump campaign spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement to CNN that “crypto innovators and others in the technology sector are under attack” from Democrats, while the former president was “ready to encourage American leadership in this and other emerging technologies.”

特朗普竞选发言人布莱恩休斯在给美国有线电视新闻网的一份声明中表示，“加密货币创新者和技术领域的其他人正受到民主党的攻击”，而这位前总统“准备鼓励美国在这一技术和其他新兴技术方面发挥领导作用”。

Republican allies have joined Trump in his pivot toward bitcoin. Speaking at the conference on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott argued that the former president understands their concerns about financial freedom – a common refrain in the crypto community.

共和党盟友已加入特朗普转向比特币的行列。南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特 (Tim Scott) 在周五的会议上发表讲话时表示，前总统理解他们对财务自由的担忧——这是加密货币社区的常见说法。

“We want people, whether they love their dollars or they love their digital assets, we want them in charge of making their decisions,” Scott said.

“我们希望人们，无论他们喜欢美元还是数字资产，我们希望他们负责做出自己的决定，”斯科特说。

Leaders in the industry have courted Trump for months and have been educating his campaign on their policy agenda and the opportunity to sway voters on the topic, David Bailey, the CEO of bitcoin-focused media company BTC Inc, said in a recent interview.

专注于比特币的媒体公司 BTC Inc 的首席执行官 David Bailey 在最近的一次采访中表示，该行业的领导者几个月来一直在向特朗普示好，并一直在向他的竞选团队宣传他们的政策议程以及在这个话题上影响选民的机会。

Their pitch, Bailey acknowledged, included “the amount of industry backing he can get” by embracing cryptocurrency. Their conversations included a meeting earlier this summer with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

贝利承认，他们的宣传包括通过拥抱加密货币“他可以获得的行业支持”。他们的谈话包括今年夏天早些时候在海湖庄园与特朗普的会面。

“Everything rapidly accelerated at that point,” said Bailey, whose company hosts the annual conference where Trump will speak Saturday.

“在那一刻，一切都迅速加速，”贝利说，他的公司主办了年度会议，特朗普将于周六发表讲话。

Indeed, support for Trump quickly followed. Billionaire crypto tycoons Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss each pledged to donate $1 million worth of bitcoin to Trump’s campaign. The Federal Election Commission has allowed political committees to receive bitcoin as contributions since 2014, the value of which is determined by the price at the time the contribution is received.

事实上，特朗普很快就获得了支持。亿万富翁加密货币大亨 Tyler 和 Cameron Winklevoss 各自承诺向特朗普的竞选活动捐赠价值 100 万美元的比特币。自 2014 年以来，联邦选举委员会允许政治委员会接收比特币作为捐款，其价值由收到捐款时的价格决定。

Cryptocurrency was also a topic of discussion during a recent fundraising blitz through Silicon Valley that Trump’s new running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, helped arrange. Billionaire tech entrepreneur David Sacks, a prominent champion of cryptocurrency, hosted one of the fundraisers at his home.

最近，在特朗普的新竞选搭档、俄亥俄州参议员 JD 万斯帮助安排的硅谷筹款热潮中，加密货币也是讨论的话题。亿万富翁科技企业家戴维·萨克斯（David Sacks）是加密货币领域的杰出拥护者，他在自己的家中举办了一场筹款活动。

“One of the things I think we heard a lot at that dinner was just the difficulty that people in business were having under this Biden administration,” Sacks said in a recent episode of his “All-In” co-hosted podcast. “You got the crypto guys who just want a framework. They just want the government to tell them how to operate, and they can’t get that.”

“我认为我们在那次晚宴上听到的很多事情就是拜登政府领导下的商界人士所面临的困难，”萨克斯在他共同主持的播客“All-In”的最近一集中说道。 “有些加密货币专家只想要一个框架。他们只是希望政府告诉他们如何运作，但他们做不到。”

Leaders and champions of the industry have become increasingly political, helping to bankroll super PACs that have overwhelmingly supported Republicans over Democrats.

该行业的领导者和拥护者变得越来越政治化，帮助为超级政治行动委员会提供资金，而超级政治行动委员会以压倒性多数支持共和党而不是民主党。